My immediate goal is to acquire our first property and spend the next two years mastering the basics of real estate investment. ( Refining the Go and No property search criteria/ Learning the value of taxes and avoiding them as much as possible/ 1031 exchanges) Depending on my wife’s career orders, we may remain in Baltimore for 1-2 years, but I’m also exploring opportunities in West Texas, Sierra Vista, AZ, and Houston, TX.

We host Free Meetups in Boston, Worcester, Lowell, Manchester, Portsmouth, and Biddeford. 3️⃣ BRRRR Method (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat):Find distressed properties, add value through renovations, and refinance to pull most of your cash back out.

So, as stated above there would be no reason or advantage to refinance.

Is it possible to sell or refinance one unit to pay the other off completely. 

I've seen folks pick up single-family homes here for under $200K, add $20-30K in rehab, and refinance to pull out nearly all their capital.Indianapolis, IN: Indy is another fantastic market for first-time investors.

You can probably just go ahead and live in that 5th unit, but I believe whenever you go to refinance it with a bank or what not, the 5th unit will make it require a commercial loan and not residential regardless of what the county records show the property to be. 

If you have to do an ARM, have a Plan B to pivot if you need to sell or refinance. 

Tapping into that equity through a HELOC or cash-out refinance and reinvesting in higher-performing assets could improve their ROI significantly.

@Austin TessMany lenders have a seasoning period (typically 6-12 months) before you can refinance.

I bought 1 House out right, I am refinancing for 100k. had 1 renter paying 1000. using the refinance to purchase the second property, and putting renter for 1400. it will also need 25k in repairs.